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[12/11/12 - 05:28 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Goes Untouched with "Monday Night Football"
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for monday, december 10, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 27 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Monday Night Football - ESPN
14.483 million viewers, #1; 7.014 million adults 18-49 (5.5 rating), #1

WWE Raw (9:00) - USA
3.876 million viewers, #2; 1.656 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #4

Pawn Stars (10:00) - History
3.818 million viewers, #3; 1.489 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #10

WWE Raw (8:00) - USA
3.743 million viewers, #4; 1.558 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #7

Pawn Stars (10:30) - History
3.695 million viewers, #5; 1.563 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #6

WWE Raw (10:00) - USA
3.672 million viewers, #6; 1.678 million adults 18-49 (1.3 rating), #3

American Pickers - History
3.320 million viewers, #7; 1.122 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #15

Monday Night Countdown - ESPN
2.898 million viewers, #8; 1.522 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #8

Chopper Live: Road to Revenge - Discovery
2.523 million viewers, #9; 1.501 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #9

Teen Mom 2 - MTV
2.370 million viewers, #10; 1.790 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Basketball Wives LA Reunion - VH1
2.209 million viewers, #11; 1.568 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #5

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - Bravo
2.190 million viewers, #12; 1.247 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #11

Fast 'N Loud - Discovery
1.918 million viewers, #13; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #14

Basketball Wives LA - VH1
1.775 million viewers, #14; 1.231 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #12

Marrying the Game (10:30) - VH1
1.637 million viewers, #15; 1.107 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #16

T.I. & Tiny: A Family Hustle (10:00) - VH1
1.632 million viewers, #16; 1.136 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #13

Intervention (10:00) - A&E
1.296 million viewers, #17; 0.774 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #17

The Next Great Baker (9:00) - TLC
1.263 million viewers, #18; 0.634 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #19

Hoarders (9:00) - A&E
1.237 million viewers, #19; 0.660 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #18

Cake Boss (10:30) - TLC
1.199 million viewers, #20; 0.574 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #21

Cake Boss (10:00) - TLC
1.197 million viewers, #21; 0.586 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #20

Vegas Strip (10:00) - truTV
1.019 million viewers, #22; 0.521 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #22

Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - Food
0.966 million viewers, #23; 0.462 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #23

Syfy 20th Anniversary Special - Syfy
0.553 million viewers, #24; 0.241 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #25

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too - Oxygen
0.433 million viewers, #25; 0.252 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #24

Mel Brooks Strikes Back! - HBO
0.325 million viewers, #26; 0.089 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #26

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States - Showtime
0.198 million viewers, #27; 0.076 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #27

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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